Weekly Schedule for Interns
The internship at KU is designed to meet the most stringent hour requirements of any state board of psychology. In order to provide a 2000 hour internship without restricting the vacation allowed interns as full-time university professional staff, interns' weekly schedule during the academic semesters is 42 hours. This is accomplished by working until 6:00 p.m. two evenings per week. A minimum of 500 hours (out of the 2000 total hours) must be direct client contact (i.e., initial assessment, individual therapy, group therapy, triage, urgent care and urgent care follow-up sessions).
Guideline for Weekly Allocation of Interns' Hours
|
Direct Client Sessions |
|
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Initial Assessments (intake) |
2.0 |
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Individual Therapy |
14.0 |
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Triage Block(for screening and urgent care sessions) |
2.0 |
|
Group Therapy |
1.5 |
|
Total Direct Client Sessions |
19.5 |
|
Other Direct Service Activity |
|
|
Clinical Supervision of Practicum Student |
1.0 |
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Provision of Outreach Services |
0.5 |
|
Preparation for Supervision |
2.5 |
|
Case management, Records and Other Activities |
4.0 |
|
Total Other Direct Service |
8.0 |
|
Individual Supervision Received |
|
|
Individual Supervision w/Primary Supervisor |
2.0 |
|
Individual Supervision Re: Group |
0.5 |
|
Individual Supervision w/ Secondary Supervisor |
1.0 |
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Group Supervision Received |
|
|
Group Supervision of Supervision |
2.5 |
|
Group Supervision of Outreach |
1.0 |
|
Total Supervision Activity |
6.5 |
|
Other Training Activities |
|
|
Intern Meeting |
1.0 |
|
Assessment & Evaluation Seminar |
2.0 |
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Clinical, Multicultural, Professional Issues Seminar |
2.0 |
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Case Consultation Seminar |
1.0 |
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Preparation for Seminars, Other Activity |
2.0 |
|
Total Other Training |
8.0 |
|
TOTAL PER WEEK |
42.0 |